http://www.learner.org/interactives/- interactives "Interactives" provides educators and students with strategies, content, and activities that can enhance and improve students' skills in a variety of curricular areas.
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4 ideas to share with others
goanimate-Talia
Prezi-teachers
Explorations into speech, text, and images can provide a better understanding of students' learning strenghts and weaknesses. They reveal that barriers to learning do not necessarily lie within a student's physiiological make up, but rather occur at the intersection of the task, the student's strenghts and weaknesses, and the instructional media and tools used to present the task.
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3 principles of Universal Design for Learning
To support recognition learning, provide multiple, flexible methods of presentation
To support strategic learning, provide multiple , flexible methods of expression and apprenticeship.
To support affective learning, provide mulitple, flexible options of engagement.
2 Changes in your teaching to reach all learners in the Digital Age
This interactive breaks down the important elements of a story. Students go through the series of steps for constructing a story including Setting, Characters, Sequence, Exposition, Conflict, Climax, and Resolution. Age Group: K-5 Content Area: ELA Cost: Free Technology Involved: Internet connection
Students can choose from a variety of "text types" such as persuasive, narrative, information report, response, or poetry. They are then provided with prompts and a text organizer to support them in their writing. Age Group: 3-12 Content Area: Writing Cost: Free Technology Involved: Internet connection
Why UDL? Writing Fun is an excellent example of providing options that clarify syntax and structure. The prompts and text organizers highlight the different structures of different forms of writing.
Camera Mouse is a free program that enables you to control the mouse pointer on your computer screen just by moving your head.
Be sure to check out the informational video on the website! Age Group: All ages Content Area: All areas Cost: Free Technology Involved: Windows 7, Vista, or XP computer and a webcam
Why UDL? Camera Mouse provides options in the means of navigation by allowing students to control the mouse pointer with their heads instead of their hands. See also: 4.1: Vary the methods for response and navigation
Strategy Tutor is a web-based tool designed to support students and teachers doing reading and research on the internet. Age Group: K-12 Content Area: All areas Cost: Free Technology Involved: Internet connection
5 new technologies to try
Prezi http://prezi.com
wordle
delicious -bookmarks
goanimate
http://www.xtranormal.com/
googledocse
zamzar.com- copy youtube
shelfari.com- reading log
http://www.vocabahead.com/StudyRoom/tabid/61/Default.aspx
http://cst.cast.org/cst/auth-login-- research tool
snipping tool?
https://pantherfile.uwm.edu/edyburn/www/tictactoe.html- tic tac toe
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_A-ZVCjfWf8
FBI-http://www.dogonews.com/external_sites?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.fbi.gov%2Ffun-games%2Fkids&return=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.dogonews.com%2F2011%2F3%2F8%2Ffbi-for-kids%3Fsubtype%3DReview
http://www.dogonews.com/-kids news
http://coe.jmu.edu/learningtoolbox/site_map.html- Learning strategies in areas.
http://www.learner.org/interactives/- interactives "Interactives" provides educators and students with strategies, content, and activities that can enhance and improve students' skills in a variety of curricular areas.
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article
http://www.edutopia.org/gateway-brain-learning-styles
http://udlonline.cast.org/page/module1/l145/
I’m proud to say GrownUpDigital.com is helping Mercury Media gain as big an audience as possible for the ground-breaking documentary Us Now. At the top of this page you can watch the trailer for the documentary. Hopefully that will spark your interest and entice you to visit http://www.joiningthedocs.tv, to download a free version of the film in its entirety.
4 ideas to share with others
goanimate-Talia
Prezi-teachers
Explorations into speech, text, and images can provide a better understanding of students' learning strenghts and weaknesses. They reveal that barriers to learning do not necessarily lie within a student's physiiological make up, but rather occur at the intersection of the task, the student's strenghts and weaknesses, and the instructional media and tools used to present the task.
Ellen, a to z reading,
http://www.windows2universe.org/windows.html- Jeff, Peggy
http://www.vocabahead.com/StudyRoom/tabid/61/Default.aspx
3 principles of Universal Design for Learning
2 Changes in your teaching to reach all learners in the Digital Age
1 BIG idea to implement on Monday
Interactives: Elements of a Story
This interactive breaks down the important elements of a story. Students go through the series of steps for constructing a story including Setting, Characters, Sequence, Exposition, Conflict, Climax, and Resolution.Age Group: K-5
Content Area: ELA
Cost: Free
Technology Involved: Internet connection
See also:
3.2: Highlight patterns, critical features, big ideas, and relationships
http://www.writingfun.com/writingfun2010.html
Writing Fun by Jenny Eather
Students can choose from a variety of "text types" such as persuasive, narrative, information report, response, or poetry. They are then provided with prompts and a text organizer to support them in their writing.Age Group: 3-12
Content Area: Writing
Cost: Free
Technology Involved: Internet connection
Camera Mouse
Camera Mouse is a free program that enables you to control the mouse pointer on your computer screen just by moving your head.Be sure to check out the informational video on the website!
Age Group: All ages
Content Area: All areas
Cost: Free
Technology Involved: Windows 7, Vista, or XP computer and a webcam
See also:
4.1: Vary the methods for response and navigation
CAST Strategy Tutor
Strategy Tutor is a web-based tool designed to support students and teachers doing reading and research on the internet.Age Group: K-12
Content Area: All areas
Cost: Free
Technology Involved: Internet connection
See also:
5.3: Build fluencies with graduated levels of support for practice and performance
6.3: Facilitate managing information and resources